App Store Update: January 14

Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.

Note:The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.

Freebies!

Most of its tables remain priced at $0.99 apiece as in-app purchases, but now there's no fee to download the app itself. Get to hittin' the pins!

Zombie Jeep Gunner – (Free, Down from $0.99)

Two years after its debut in January 2013, this one's finally gone free for the first time.

Price Drops

Space Age: A Cosmic Adventure – ($1.99, Down from $3.99)

"Space Age is a game of space adventure. Set in the retro-futuristic sci-fi world of 1976, it follows a small but determined band of intergalactic explorers who have just landed on a seemingly uninhabited planet, Kepler-16. What happens next is a clash of old and new, a battle of past mistakes and future fallout."

Phantom Rift – ($0.99, Down from $2.99)

Last for today, 67% off the adventure/RPG with a battle system that reminds me of Mega Man Battle Network:

That’s it for today! Email subscriptions to the App Store Update are still just one sign-up away, right here: